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| image         = [[File:Deneb Light Cavalry -Brigade logo.png|191px|Brigade Insignia of the Deneb Light Cavalry]]
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| image   = [[File:Deneb_Light_Cavalry.jpg|150px]]
| Designation    = Deneb Light Cavalry
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| nickname = Strength through tradition
| formed        = [[2782]]<ref name="FSWp33"/>
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| parent formation = [[AFFC]]/[[AFFS]]
| Disbanded      = [[3081]] - [[3085]]<ref name=FM3085p167/><ref name="FM:3085p183"/>
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| formed  = [[2782]]<ref name="FSWp33"/>
| Previous Designation =  
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| year    = 3062
| Nickname      = Strength through tradition
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| unitname = Deneb Light Cavalry
| Affiliation    =
 
| Parent Command = [[AFFC]]/[[AFFS]]
 
| Sub-Command    =  
 
 
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}}
 
 
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The '''Deneb Light Cavalry''' brigade was an [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] brigade founded during the declining years of the [[Star League]], initially from a mix of former [[Star League Defense Force]] personnel drawn from one of the SLDF Rapid Deployment Mixed Armed Forces regiments.
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The Deneb Light Cavalry brigade was an [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] brigade founded during the declining years of the [[Star League]], initially from a mix of former [[Star League Defense Force]] personnel drawn from one of the SLDF Rapid Deployment Mixed Armed Forces regiments.
 
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==History==
 
==History==
 
=== Formation ===
 
=== Formation ===
In [[2782]] the [[AFFS]] recruited enough [[SLDF]] personnel from the [[Thirteenth Royal French Demi-Brigade]],<ref name="FSWp33">''First Succession War'', p. 33, "Those Left Behind"</ref> a part of [[LVI Corps (Star League)|LVI Corps]]<ref name=fmsldf224>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 224, "LVI Corps"</ref><ref name=SL157>''The Star League'', p. 157, "Nineteenth"</ref> within the [[19th Army (Star League)|Nineteenth Army]],<ref name="FSWp33"/><ref name=fmsldf224/><ref name=SL157/> The Thirteenth Royal French Demi-Brigade was one of a number of commands that could trace its heritage back to the French Foreign Legion on [[Terra]]; the Foreign Legion's First Foreign Regiment had been split into smaller and smaller administrative units as waves of colonists left Terra, with those small units assigned to posts further and further afield. The Thirteenth had been stationed in the [[Le Blanc]] system when the Star League was founded, and it and all of the other sub-units for the First Foreign Regiment were recalled to Terra at this point and reorganized into the new French Royal Regiments within the SLDF.<ref name=fmsldf224/>
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In [[2782]] the [[AFFS]] recruited enough [[SLDF]] personnel from the [[Thirteenth Royal French Demi-Brigade]],<ref name="FSWp33">''First Succession War'', p. 33, "Those Left Behind"</ref> a part of [[LVI Corps (Star League)|LVI Corps]]<ref name=fmsldf224>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 224, "LVI Corps"</ref><ref name=SL157>''The Star League'', p. 157, "Nineteenth"</ref> within the [[19th Army (Star League)|Nineteenth Army]],<ref name="FSWp33"/><ref name=fmsldf224/><ref name=SL157/> The Thirteenth Royal French Demi-Brigade was one of a number of commands that could trace its heritage back to the French Foreign Legion on [[Terra]]; the Foreign Legion's First Foreign Regiment had been split into smaller and smaller administrative units as waves of colonists left Terra, with those small units assigned to posts further and further afield. The Thirteenth had been stationed in the [[Le Blanc]] system when the Star League was founded, and it and all of the other sub-units for the First Foreign Regiment were recalled to Terra at this point and reorganised into the new French Royal Regiments within the SLDF.<ref name=fmsldf224/>
  
The Star League had recognized the need in its early years for quick-response units that could deploy rapidly to any world, tasks that the SLDF Independent regiments and Marine regiments were ill-equipped and trained to perform, and as a result the SLDF quickly developed a new formation to tackle these tasks. These new units became known as Rapid Deployment Mixed Armed Forces regiments, or RDMAF units, and were considered to be a part of the Special Operations command of the SLDF, placing them outside of the standard Regular Army organization. These RDMAF units were assigned to every combat region, and quickly became an open secret within the [[Inner Sphere]]; recruited from the world of [[Deneb Kaitos]], the RDMAFs became known as the Deneb Light Cavalry. When [[General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] launched [[Operation EXODUS]] and led the bulk of the surviving SLDF out of the Inner Sphere in the wake of the [[Amaris Civil War]], only one surviving RDMAF chose to remain in the Inner Sphere - the [[Fourth Deneb Light Cavalry]].<ref name="FM:FSp84">''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', p. 84, "Deneb Light Cavalry"</ref> Commanded by [[General]] [[Eveline McDennis]], the Fourth was determined to protect its homeworld from the ravages of war that were certain to come as the Star League collapsed, but with trade subject to massive disruption and the population beginning to starve, General McDennis looked outside her homeworld for help. Pledging that they would support whichever House could guarantee that the people of Deneb Kaitos would have enough food to survive until they could become self-sufficient, McDennis found only one House willing to meet her terms - and the Fourth Deneb Light Cavalry joined the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns accordingly.<ref name="HD(TFS)">''House Davion (The Federated Suns), unnumbered page, "Deneb Light Cavalry"</ref> In total, the AFFS recruited enough personnel from the Thirteenth Royal French Demi-Brigade in [[2782]] - including the Fourth Deneb Light Cavalry - to form three regiments, the Fourth, [[5th Deneb Light Cavalry|Fifth]] and [[8th Deneb Light Cavalry|Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry]].<ref name="FSWp33"/> By [[2786]] the brigade had expanded to five regiments, with the addition of the [[3rd Deneb Light Cavalry|Third]] and [[Ninth Deneb Light Cavalry]].<ref name="FSWp134">''First Succession War'', p. 134, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"</ref>
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The Star League had recognised the need in its early years for quick-response units that could deploy rapidly to any world, tasks that the SLDF Independent regiments and Marine regiments were ill-equipped and trained to perform, and as a result the SLDF quickly developed a new formation to tackle these tasks. These new units became known as Rapid Deployment Mixed Armed Forces regiments, or RDMAF units, and were considered to be a part of the Special Operations command of the SLDF, placing them outside of the standard Regular Army organization. These RDMAF units were assigned to every combat region, and quickly became an open secret within the [[Inner Sphere]]; recruited from the world of [[Deneb Kaitos]], the RDMAFs became known as the Deneb Light Cavalry. When [[General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] launched [[Operation EXODUS]] and led the bulk of the surviving SLDF out of the Inner Sphere in the wake of the [[Amaris Civil War]], only one surviving RDMAF chose to remain in the Inner Sphere - the [[Fourth Deneb Light Cavalry]].<ref name="FM:FSp84">''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', p. 84, "Deneb Light Cavalry"</ref> Commanded by [[General]] [[Eveline McDennis]], the Fourth was determined to protect its homeworld from the ravages of war that were certain to come as the Star League collapsed, but with trade subject to massive disruption and the population beginning to starve, General McDennis looked outside her homeworld for help. Pledging that they would support whichever House could guarantee that the people of Deneb Kaitos would have enough food to survive until they could become self-sufficient, McDennis found only one House willing to meet her terms - and the Fourth Deneb Light Cavalry joined the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns accordingly.<ref name="HD(TFS)">''House Davion (The Federated Suns), unnumbered page, "Deneb Light Cavalry"</ref> In total, the AFFS recruited enough personnel from the Thirteenth Royal French Demi-Brigade in [[2782]] - including the Fourth Deneb Light Cavalry - to form three regiments, the Fourth, [[5th Deneb Light Cavalry|Fifth]] and [[8th Deneb Light Cavalry|Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry]].<ref name="FSWp33"/> By [[2786]] the brigade had expanded to five regiments, with the addition of the [[3rd Deneb Light Cavalry|Third]] and [[Ninth Deneb Light Cavalry]].<ref name="FSWp134">''First Succession War'', p. 134, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"</ref>
  
 
=== The Jihad ===
 
=== The Jihad ===
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=== Dark Age Era ===
 
=== Dark Age Era ===
Two of the regiments of the Deneb Light Cavalry, the Fourth and Eighth, were gifted to the newly-founded [[Republic of the Sphere]] in the aftermath of the Jihad.<ref name=FM3085p167>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 167, "Forces Gifted to the Republic"</ref> The other Deneb Light Cavalry units to survive the Jihad were converted into planetary militia forces for [[Deneb Kaitos]] and other nearby systems.<ref name="FM:3085p183">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 183, "Independent Units"</ref>
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Two of the regiments of the Deneb Light Cavalry, the Fourth and Eighth, were gifted to the newly-founded [[Republic of the Sphere]] in the aftermath of the Jihad.<ref name=FM3085p167>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 167</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
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| [[Major]]||[[Andrew Terlecki]]||
 
| [[Major]]||[[Andrew Terlecki]]||
 
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| [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]]||[[Andrew Terlecki Jr.]]||[[3053]]<ref name=FMFSp84>''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', "Deneb Light Cavalry</ref>
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| [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]]||[[Andrew Terlecki Jr.]]||
 
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==Tactics==
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==Forces==
Different per Unit.
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The brigade is also organized in a completely different manner: 1 BattleMech regiment, 2 Hovercraft regiments, 2 Jump Infantry or Battle Armor regiments, 1 engineer unit, 1 ranger battalion, and between 3 and 6 Aerospace Fighter wings. The commands prefer light to medium machines for fast deployment.  
  
==Forces==
 
The brigade is also organized in a completely different manner: 1 BattleMech regiment, 2 Hovercraft regiments, 2 Jump Infantry or Battle Armor regiments, 1 engineer unit, 1 ranger battalion, and between 3 and 6 aerospace fighter wings. The commands prefer light to medium machines for fast deployment.
 
  
 
==Units of the Deneb Light Cavalry==
 
==Units of the Deneb Light Cavalry==
:* [[Second Deneb Light Cavalry]]
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* [[Third Deneb Light Cavalry]]
:* [[Third Deneb Light Cavalry]]
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* [[Fourth Deneb Light Cavalry]]
:* [[Fourth Deneb Light Cavalry]]
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* [[Fifth Deneb Light Cavalry]] - (destroyed after a rescue raid on Sudeten for POWs) <ref>''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', p. 85</ref>
:* [[Fifth Deneb Light Cavalry]]  
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* [[Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry]]
:* [[Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry]]
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* [[Ninth Deneb Light Cavalry]]
:* [[Ninth Deneb Light Cavalry]]
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* [[Tenth Deneb Light Cavalry]] - (destroyed during [[FedCom Civil War]])
:* [[Tenth Deneb Light Cavalry]]  
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* [[Twelfth Deneb Light Cavalry]]
:* [[Twelfth Deneb Light Cavalry]]
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* [[Fifteenth Deneb Light Cavalry]]
:* [[Fifteenth Deneb Light Cavalry]]
 
 
 
==Notes==
 
:* The Fifth Cavalry was destroyed after a rescue raid on Sudeten for POWs <ref>''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', p. 85</ref>
 
  
 
==Color Scheme and Insignia==
 
==Color Scheme and Insignia==
 
The unit generally fields light tan units for all ceremonial and combat duties, in any theater.
 
The unit generally fields light tan units for all ceremonial and combat duties, in any theater.
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
Hatchetman (4th Deneb Light Cavalry) FMFS.jpg|''[[Hatchetman]]'' in 4th Deneb Light Cavalry colors
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Image:DenebLightCavalry.jpg|Colors of the 4th Deneb Light Cavalry
Deneb Light Cavalry 04th logo.png|4th Deneb Light Cavalry
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Image:Deneblightcavalry4.png|4th Deneb Light Cavalry
Deneb Light Cavalry 08th logo.png|8th Deneb Light Cavalry
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Image:Deneblightcavalry8.png|8th Deneb Light Cavalry
Deneb Light Cavalry 10th logo.png|10th Deneb Light Cavalry
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Image:Deneblightcavalry10.png|10th Deneb Light Cavalry
Deneb Light Cavalry 12th logo.png|12th Deneb Light Cavalry
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Image:Deneblightcavalry12.png |12th Deneb Light Cavalry
Deneb Light Cavalry 15th logo.png|15th Deneb Light Cavalry
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Image:Deneblightcavalry15.png|15th Deneb Light Cavalry
 
</gallery>
 
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* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]''
 
* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]''
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
 
 
[[Category:Federated Suns Commands|Deneb Light Cavalry]]
 
[[Category:Federated Suns Commands|Deneb Light Cavalry]]
[[Category:Federated Commonwealth Commands|Deneb Light Cavalry]]
 

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